Defending champion Sergio Garcia has seen his chances of a successful US Masters defence disappear with one horror hole at Augusta National – the par-5 15th, where he carded a 13 after five trips to the water.

The worst score ever on any hole was 13 by Tsuneyuki ‘Tommy’ Nakajima in 1978.

Golf Monthly’s Tom Clarke was by the 15th green when Garcia was having his disaster: “It was remarkable, just like the end of Tin Cup, he just kept on asking for balls from his caddie not changing clubs and seemingly too stubborn to change the angle.”

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Garcia had been two over par through 14 holes and the defending champion would have been hoping to finish well to be in contention – eventually he finished with a nine-over-par 81 and is currently joint 85th – it would be fair to say his dream of winning another Masters is in tatters.

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